Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Saxicolidae > Genus: Cercotrichas > Species: Cercotrichas galactotes

Rufous Bush Robin - Cercotrichas galactotes (Temminck, 1820)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	71 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A268

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000014	Spain	Monfragüe y las Dehesas del Entorno	Map
ES0000068	Spain	Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela	Map
ES0000069	Spain	Embalse de Cornalvo y Sierra Bermeja	Map
ES0000173	Spain	Sierra Espuña	Map
ES0000196	Spain	Estepas de Yecla	Map
ES0000197	Spain	Acantilados del Monte Hacho	Map
ES0000199	Spain	Sierra de la Fausilla	Map
ES0000257	Spain	Sierras de Ricote y la Navela	Map
ES0000261	Spain	Almenara-Moreras-Cabo Cope	Map
ES0000262	Spain	Sierras del Gigante-Pericay, Lomas del Buitre-Río Luchena y Sierra de la Torrecilla	Map
ES0000263	Spain	Llano de las Cabras	Map
ES0000265	Spain	Sierra del Molino, Embalse del Quipar y Llanos del Cagitán	Map
ES0000266	Spain	Sierra de Moratalla	Map
ES0000267	Spain	Sierras de Burete, Lavia y Cambrón	Map
ES0000269	Spain	Monte El Valle y Sierras de Altaona y Escalona	Map
ES0000335	Spain	Sierras de Peñalsordo y Capilla	Map
ES0000367	Spain	La Serena y Sierras Periféricas	Map
ES0000368	Spain	Río Tajo Internacional y Riberos	Map
ES0000371	Spain	Sierra de Moraleja y Piedra Santa	Map
ES4310042	Spain	Sierra de Siruela	Map
ES6310001	Spain	Calamocarro-Benzú	Map
ITA040001	Italy	Isola di Linosa	Map
ITA040002	Italy	Isola di Lampedusa e Lampione	Map
PTCON0057	Portugal	Caldeirão	Map
PTZPE0007	Portugal	Serra da Malcata	Map
PTZPE0042	Portugal	Tejo Internacional, Erges e Pônsul	Map
PTZPE0043	Portugal	Campo Maior	Map
PTZPE0045	Portugal	Mourão/Moura/Barrancos	Map
PTZPE0046	Portugal	Castro Verde	Map
PTZPE0047	Portugal	Vale do Guadiana	Map
ES6200004	Spain	Sierras y Vega Alta del Segura y Ríos Alhárabe y Moratalla	Map
ES6200018	Spain	Sierra de la Muela	Map
ES6200036	Spain	Sierra del Buey	Map
ES4310010	Spain	La Serena	Map
ITA040013	Italy	Arcipelago delle Pelagie - area marina e terrestre	Map
ES6200016	Spain	Revolcadores	Map
ES4310024	Spain	Río Guadamez	Map
ES6310002	Spain	Zona marítimo-terrestre del Monte Hacho	Map
ES6200010	Spain	Cuatro Calas	Map
ES4320077	Spain	Monfragüe	Map
ES6200034	Spain	Lomas del Buitre y Río Luchena	Map
ES6200001	Spain	Calblanque, Monte de las Cenizas y Peña del Águila	Map
ES6200027	Spain	Sierra de Abanilla	Map
PTCON0004	Portugal	Malcata	Map
ES4310040	Spain	Sierra de Moraleja	Map
PTCON0032	Portugal	Rio Guadiana / Juromenha	Map
ES6320002	Spain	Barranco del Nano	Map
ES6320001	Spain	Zona marítimo terrestre de los acantilados de Aguadú	Map
ES6200025	Spain	Sierra de la Fausilla	Map
CY4000001	Cyprus	PERIOCHI POLIS - GIALIA	Map
ES6200037	Spain	Sierra del Serral	Map
CY3000005	Cyprus	KAVO GKREKO	Map
ES6200017	Spain	Sierra de Villafuerte	Map
PTCON0036	Portugal	Guadiana	Map
ES6200022	Spain	Sierra del Gigante	Map
PTCON0038	Portugal	Ribeira de Quarteira	Map
ES6200028	Spain	Río Chícamo	Map
ES6200008	Spain	Sierra Salinas	Map
PTCON0030	Portugal	Caia	Map
ES6200047	Spain	Sierra de la Torrecilla	Map
ES6200012	Spain	Calnegre	Map
ES6200011	Spain	Sierra de las Moreras	Map
ES6200026	Spain	Sierra de Ricote-La Navela	Map
ES6200045	Spain	Ríos Mula y Pliego	Map
PTZPE0059	Portugal	Torre da Bolsa	Map
PTZPE0057	Portugal	Cuba	Map
PTZPE0054	Portugal	São Vicente	Map
PTZPE0053	Portugal	Vila Fernando	Map
PTZPE0056	Portugal	Reguengos	Map
PTZPE0055	Portugal	Évora	Map
CY3000002	Cyprus	SPA KAVO GKREKO	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (Cercotrichas galactotes)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement. (Migratory species of Muscicapidae sensu lato spp.)	http://www.cms.int/

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Agrobate roux	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Alzacola	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Drozdówka rdzawa	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Heckensänger	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rosse Waaierstaart	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rouxinol-do-mato	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rufous Bush Robin	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Ruostepyrstö	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Trädnäktergal	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Tüskebujkáló	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Usignolo d'Africa	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Agrobates galactotes	(Temminck, 1820)
Erythropygia galactotes	(Temminck, 1820)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:10950	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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